Captain Caveman

toilet water?

It's got electrolytes

Risto's showing some extra grit tonight.

That's where that 30th scout came from...

Yeah but you should see the Zamboni

*****. Even if we win this would have been nice to not let Montreal get that point.

They've been pretty great at keeping it in the offensive zone anyway.

Does Armia ever score against anyone else?

So will Olofsson stay on his 82 goal pace or will he break into triple digits?

Seems you're assuming it's meant for adults, but SDS has a different idea about that. Also, I'm completely ok with my 6 year old reading / hearing any words that you ***** can dream up, but I don't fault anyone else for their parenting choices.

Anyone hear anything on Scandella? I missed the play where he was injured. Sorry if it was already discussed, haven't had time to read the whole thread.

Just got back from a weeklong family vacation last night. We were pretty active playing with the kids, but I did take a few days off from running. Also, we were eating out most nights (including Rodizio one night), and ice cream every other night. Still, weighed in under 200 lbs last night, which was my goal when I first started changing my habits 2 1/2 months ago. If I'm remembering right the last time I've been under 200 was the summer of 2000, when I was working 70 hours a week (including 40 behind a push mower) and trying to save up enough to make sure I could get through 2 final semesters of college.

Cool, I'll look into it. What Division / Level are you playing at, and what does a season cost? I was playing D7 in Chelsea Piers about 5 years ago, my skating was always impeded by my fitness.

Where do you play? I'm in Hudson County and have been thinking about getting back into it now that both kids are (usually) sleeping through the night.

I haven't been around much lately but have had some recent success and thought I'd share in case there's anyone else who might find this useful. My weight has been between 245 - 255 for most of the past 10 years or so. My ideal weight is probably around 180 (high school) and I was 220 when I graduated college. Alcohol probably got me to 220, and sugar (which I overused when I stopped drinking) probably got me the rest of the way to 250+. For about 5 years, I've been feeling old. Aching joints, muscles, poor sleep, etc... I'm in my late thirties, too young to feel this old. Carrying around and chasing 2 young kids kept me active, sore, and exhausted. About a year ago, I bought a book called "The Easy Way to Lose Weight" by Allen Carr. I'm not one to believe in easy solutions to difficult problems, but a few friends had used one of his stop smoking books (he uses suggestion / hypnosis to treat lots of different lifestyle issues) and swore by them. I figured for 10 bucks it's worth a shot. The book then sat on my shelf gathering dust for a long time (because c'mon easy? hypnosis?) until I finally dug it out in February. I read the whole book in a weekend (Friday - Sunday) mostly during kids naps and before bed myself. I listened to the audio portion (hypnosis) on Sunday evening before bed. The book and the audio focus on eating mostly fruits and vegetables, and explains why things like meat and sugar aren't good for you - it's not rocket science. I think a lot of people get hung up on the meat part, it wasn't that hard for me because I've always been on the fence about eating meat for ethical reasons. In any case, there's nothing in the book to prohibit meat (or anything else for that matter), he just explains what happens when we eat it and why other foods are better options. (I do still eat meat 1-2 times per week.) Ok, so getting on to the important part - the success I was telling you about earlier. I've gone from ~255 at the beginning of February to 210 when I weighed myself this morning. The first 30 lbs were lost with no added activity / exercise, but in the last 2-3 weeks I began jogging, training for a race I am planning to run next month with a group from work. Running is not something I was ever really interested in, but it also didn't even seem like an option. When this opportunity popped up I thought, hell, why not? My rate of losing has definitely slowed (which is probably a good thing) but my attitude / diet hasn't changed, and I'm optimistic (for the first time in a very long time) about my long term health. If anyone is struggling with their weight, has an open mind and wants to change how they eat (and feel) then this book is definitely worth a try for ~10$.

It doesn't say a lot for your friend, but it really doesn't say a lot for his emergency brake. ba dum dum

Taking my son to his first game tonight, hoping we can manage some goals to keep the kid awake.

With people living longer and rising cost of health care the old model was not sustainable. That said, I'm all for companies paying more into 401K and other retirement plans. I'm very fortunate that I've been able to save just about the max allowed for about 10 years now and my company also has matched 100% of first 3, then 6, and now 9%. I am hoping to retire by 50 (if not before), my wife loves her job and will probably work into her 60s.

The general rule is that in order to make sure you don't run out of $ you want to spend about 4% of what you have in savings each year (with the idea that most year if that money is invested on average you should come out at or above 4% in earnings.) Following this, whatever you start with will probably be left over when you die, depending on your investments.

So is anyone getting ready to cash in?

So they're punishing us for trying to lose, by making it harder for us to win? Those devils.